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MINDSENSORS created a new sensor for the use with the EV3- home and EV3-education software, On their webpage they state the following: This is an array of 8 sensors with controlled light source, returning you values of the sensor readings. Your program can then decide if you wish to follow line with it or do something else. Easy to mount on your NXT or EV3 robot facing ground Reporting dark and light pattern from array of 8 sensors Detect and follow a line Write line follower programs with your own decision making Develop your own PID control algorithms or use built in PID control You can download a sample program and driver blocks for various languages. Enjoy following the line at high speeds! mb

Here's some great news, Dexter Industries sensors for MINDSTORMS are now EV3 compliant! Right now EV3 blocks for the dPressure ,  dGPS , dLight and  dIMU are ready to use and the rest of them are quickly becoming available. Visit their website here for status update and setup instruction. Interested in finding out how they did this? Make sure to check out the Open-Source repository here on their github repository .  : . .